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Telegraph video celebrates GM Class of 2020
© 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Several months ago we at The Chester Telegraph began thinking about ways we could help celebrate the Class of 2020. Two ideas that rose to the top – the Virtual Graduation Walk and Gallery and a video of class members celebrating their milestone. But in a moment of distancing how […]
GM grads to parade through town on Friday Residents encouraged to turn out to cheer on GM seniors
Chester, Andover, Cavendish and Baltimore residents are being encouraged to assemble along the Green and Main Street in Chester by 11:30 a.m. Friday morning to cheer on Green Mountain High’s seniors as they participate in a parade on their way to graduation ceremonies that will begin at 1 p.m. at the school. The parade, organized […]
Claremont man arrested in Hapgood burglary Truck in photos was stolen according to VSP
© 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC A 21-year-old Claremont, N.H., man is being held at the Southern State Correctional Facility awaiting arraignment tomorrow, Wednesday, June 17, to answer to a charge that he broke in to the JJ Hapgood General Store in Peru on Monday. According to a Vermont State Police press release, Matthew J. Tyler […]
Chester Development Review Board agenda for June 22
The Chester Development Review Board hold a site visit at 5:20 p.m. on Monday, June 22 at 442 Elm St. prior to its Zoom tele-meeting at 6 p.m. Information about accessing the Zoom meeting should be listed on the town’s website, which you can find by clicking here. Below is its agenda. 1) Review draft […]
Weston board OKs extending Lawrence Hill paving near Post Office loading dock
By Bruce Frauman ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Weston Select Board during its Zoom meeting on Tuesday, June 9 agreed in a 3-1 vote to pave near the loading dock of the Post Office building at Main Street and Lawrence Hill Road, where a puddle forms as deep as 6 inches forms and can turn […]
VSP seeks help identifying Peru burglar
© 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Security cameras at JJ Hapgood in Peru captured images of a burglary suspect this morning and Vermont State Police are asking for help identifying him. According to a VSP press release, a man arrived in a dark Toyota Tacoma pickup truce around 5 a.m. Monday and forced his way in […]
Londonderry Select Board agenda for June 15
The Select Board for the town of Londonderry will meet via Zoom at 6 p.m. Monday, June 15. To access the meeting: Via web: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89733566546 Via telephone: (929) 205-6099 (Meeting ID:897 3356 6546) It is strongly recommended that potential participants familiarize themselves with Zoom software (https://zoom.us/) prior to the meeting as the Board will not […]
Chester Select Board agenda for June 17
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17 via Zoom. To attend, https://zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 829 4001 5210 or https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82940015210. Below is its agenda. 1. Approve Minutes from the June 3, 2020 Selectboard Meeting 2. Citizen Comments/Answers from Previous Meeting 3. Old Business/Last Meeting 4. Covid-19 Update 5. Discussion relative […]
Vermont Covid numbers rise as state continues to reopen businesses
©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont Department of Health confirmed 16 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, contributing to a weekly increase of 84. This is the largest single-week increase since early April, prompting CBS News Wednesday night to identify Vermont as one of 16 states that have seen “dramatic increase of cases since Memorial […]
Lisai’s becomes Smitty’s with new owner
By Shawn Cunningham © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Garrison Smith is no stranger to working 12 hours a day, but it’s a long way from working as an attorney and corporate counsel to babysitting an ailing cooler until service can arrive. Smith is the new owner of Lisai’s Chester Market, whose name will be […]
Quick action by firefighters prevents large blaze in South Derry
By Shawn Cunningham © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC The quick action of area fire departments kept a late morning chimney fire from getting out of control in South Londonderry today. Firefighters from the Champion Fire Company responded to the fire at the corner of Middletown and Crescent roads a little after 11 a.m. and when […]
Chester Planning Commission agenda for June 15, 2020
The Chester Planning Commission will hold its regular meeting at 7 p.m. – 30 minutes later than usual – on Monday June 15, 2020. The meeting will be held online via Zoom. Join the meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81029256359 Below is the agenda: 1. Review minutes from the June 1, 2020 meeting 2. Citizens Comments 3. Old […]
Select Board hears of Jersey Girls’ lawsuit against Chester
By Shawn Cunningham © 2020 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Chester Select Board went into executive session on Wednesday night to discuss the lawsuit Jersey Girls Dairy owner Lisa Kaiman has filed against the Town of Chester seeking damages for losses she says her businesses have taken resulting from the weight limits on the bridges that […]
Large turnout protests racial injustice GM students highlight 'teaching moment' at Chester event
By Shawn Cunningham and Cynthia Prairie © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Saturday, more that 150 people turned out on the Chester Green to join a student-led protest against racial injustice. Organized by students from Green Mountain High School to confront racism and police brutality in the name of George Floyd and other African-Americans […]
Police identify remains found in Chester
© 2020 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Vermont State Police are saying that the body found in a creek on Thursday June 4 near Wymans Falls Road in Chester was that of Joshua Webster, 39 of Springfield. A VSP press release says that an autopsy performed Saturday, June 6, 2020, at the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in […]
Police investigate human remains found in Chester
© 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Police are investigating the discovery of human remains in Chester yesterday, Thursday, June 4. In a press release this morning, the Vermont State Police say they were notified early Thursday evening that a badly decomposed body had been located along Wymans Falls Road in Chester. According to police detectives with the […]
State IDs 36 new Covid-19 cases; half are 19 and younger
©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont Department of Health confirmed 36 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, the biggest single-day jump since April 9, leap-frogging the 1,000 mark and landing at 1026. (Note: Cover photo by Geralt for Pixabay.) Thirty-four of the 36 were from Chittenden County, likely stemming from the cluster of cases identified […]
Fed compliance to state Covid-19 regs at issue in Derry
By Bruce Frauman ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Emergency Management Director Kevin Beattie told the Londonderry Select Board at its June 1 meeting that he has asked the manager of the Winhall Brook Campground to ask campers to bring their own food and supplies so they can stay there once they arrive in accordance with state […]
Despite objection over small no-bid project, Weston board OKs large payout
By Bruce Frauman ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Weston Select Board on Tuesday, May 26 voted 3-2 to pay out $964,922.90, with the bulk — $938,716.74 — going to the Vermont Education Fund. The education payout, however, was not an issue. Instead, chair Denis Benson questioned a $10,000 downpayment to Ron Prouty for building a […]
Dozens protest racism, police violence
By Shawn Cunningham © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Carrying signs that read “Black lives matter,” “No justice, no peace” and “I can’t breathe” among others, more than 40 demonstrators assembled in front of the Fletcher Memorial Library in Ludlow on a misty Monday evening to protest racism and police violence. Organized by Sara Stowell and Susan […]
